The pop star Robbie Williams yesterday accused the British media of hypocritical attitudes towards drugs, claiming that he had taken cocaine with the same journalists who were now "devouring" Kate Moss for her well-publicised habit. By Riazat Butt.

Leader: The EU took a giant step towards a different future this week when it began formal membership negotiations with Turkey. Less noticed, in parallel, were significant moves by three Balkan countries towards eventually joining the club.

Leader: Experience teaches that the United States may have known that Mohamed ElBaradei and the International Atomic Energy Agency were to win the Nobel peace prize before the nuclear watchdogs heard yesterday's news themselves.